Rationale: In order to have an understanding of written and spoken language
children need to be instructed and exposed to phoneme awareness.
The goal of this lesson is to help students focus on reading words with
sh=/sh/ sound in words. The students will learn to recognize /sh/
in spoken words and objects provided. When the students have accomplished
isolating certain sounds they will be able to recognize which letters make
up certain sounds.

Procedures:
1. Introduce the lesson by explaining that sounds make up words.
"Today, we will learn the /sh/ sound. Put your hand up to your mouth,
close your teeth together, and say /sh/. Do you feel air on your
hand?"
2. "Do you know what letters make the /sh/ sound?" Ask the students
to make the /sh/ sound like they are telling someone to be quiet.
3. The letters s and h make the /sh/ sound. Listen ans tell me
if you hear the /sh/ sound in these words. Say "shake, home, shell,
girl, sharp."
4. "Now lets try a tongue twister." Have tongue twister written on
the board with the s and h in every word written in a different color than
the other letters. This helps students determine where the /sh/ is
in the word. First I will say "Shelly shakes Shane's hand." Then
the students will repeat the tongue twister three times and on the last
time we will really emphasize the /sh/ in each word.
5. Have students take out primary paper and pencil. "We can use
the letters s and h to spell out /sh/. Let's spell out some words
that have the /sh/ sound."
6. "Can any of you tell me some words that have the /sh/ sound in them?"
7. Have the students spell words such as fish, shop, mash and ship
on primary paper.
8. Have students share with the class how they spelled the list of
words the teacher should model first.
9. Read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr Seuss and discuss
the story with the class. Next have the class read the story together
out loud and clap every time they hear the /sh/ sound.
10. List words from the book on the board for them to see. Then
have each students draw a picture of a word that begins with the /sh/ sound.
Have students share with the class what they drew. Display their
work.

Assessment:
Call students up one at a time and ask each student to circle the words
with /sh/ in them.